PR-IS0319-1 - 2019 AIST Industry Statistics, March

March 2019 Industry Statistics from Iron & Steel Technology

Abstract:U.S. Production — Mills produced 8.17 million tons of crude steel in November 2018, up 11.4% from the same month in the prior year. During the same period, the monthly capacity utilization rate rose from 73.3% to 81.2% (Fig. 1). November production surpassed the rolling 36-month average of 7.51 million tons.